{"id":1028040,"date":"2023-11-07T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1028040"},"modified":"2024-05-23T19:58:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T19:58:47","slug":"dnc-statement-on-virginia-election-results-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-virginia-election-results-2\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Statement on Virginia Election Results"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>In response to Virginia Democrats\u2019 victories tonight,<strong>\u00a0DNC Chair Jaime Harrison released the following statement:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDespite Glenn Youngkin\u2019s attempts to take complete control of the state government and pass an extreme abortion ban, Virginia voters just sent a resounding message: they won\u2019t allow MAGA extremists to rip away their freedoms. Virginia Democrats ran a smart, strategic campaign to tackle the issues working people care about \u2013 common-sense solutions that fund schools, lower costs, protect Virginians\u2019 rights, and keep families safe \u2013 and made sure that every voter in every county knew what would happen if Glenn Youngkin and MAGA Republicans got the chance to force their dangerous agenda on the commonwealth.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is a huge sign of Democrats\u2019 continued momentum heading into 2024. With so much on the line, voters showed up at the ballot box and sent the GOP a stark warning \u2013 betting big on the MAGA agenda doesn\u2019t fly with everyday Americans, and it will cost them once again in 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to Virginia Democrats\u2019 victories tonight,\u00a0DNC Chair Jaime Harrison released the following statement: \u201cDespite Glenn Youngkin\u2019s attempts to take complete control of the state government and pass an extreme abortion ban, Virginia voters just sent a resounding message: they won\u2019t allow MAGA extremists to rip away their freedoms. Virginia Democrats ran a smart, strategic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1028040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DNC Statement on Virginia Election Results - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-virginia-election-results-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-07T23:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T19:58:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-virginia-election-results-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-virginia-election-results-2\/\",\"name\":\"DNC Statement on Virginia Election Results - 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